InspirePay Knowledge Base

Welcome to the InspirePay Knowledge Base!

QuickStart Guide

InspirePay is an online payment aggregator that integrates major payment methods into a FREE, brandable, payment page. InspirePay is all about making it really easy for people to pay you online. And we think that is pretty Inspired.

This is of course a short list, but to give you an idea of the types of business InspirePay was built for:

Lawyers

Doctors (collecting post-treatment co-pays)

Graphic Designers

Landlords

Developers

Plumbers

Locksmiths

Electricians

Consultants

Psychotherapists

Chiropractors

And anyone else involved in invoicing clients for payment.

InspirePay is ideal for startups leveraging their social networks, either via Twitter or Facebook to raise money.

We’ve also seen people raising money for more relaxed reasons such as “code and coffee Wednesdays,” “Friday beer money,” etc. Because the payment page setup is so simple, and the system allows you to offer multiple options for people to pay, InspirePay is ideal for anyone raising money from their people.

Many non-profits use InspirePay for funding their social/environmental causes. They have found that the system is so simple, their followers even get involved in spreading the word.

Ready to set up your InspirePay page? Congrats! We’re excited to have you on board.

First Steps:

1) Visit InspirePay: https://inspirepay.com/
2) Click on Sign Up.
3) Enter your email address.
4) Check your email. We’ll send you a link immediately so that you can activate your account.
5) Click the link in the email, and you’ll be taken to your account setup page.
4) Choose your Account Name. This can be your name, your business name, or anything you’d like.
5) Choose a strong password that you’ll be able to remember.

Customizing your InspirePay Page

1) Choose an image to upload. Your InspirePay page will represent you or your business, so choose a photo that is right for you. Obviously, we’ll delete anything violent, nude or defamatory.

2) Fill in your Account Name, Address, and Page Links. For your address, you can be as detailed or vague as you like. Don’t want people to know where you are? Just fill in your Country. Want them to send you snail mail? Enter your street address too. For Page Links, you can enter as many website URLs as you’d like. This gives your sites a little bit of link love and lets your people see your online presence.

Setting up Payment Options

Currently, there are two ways to accept credit card payments through InspirePay:

1) Stripe is a service that lets you start accepting credit card payments immediately, without the specialized accounts necessary to do this on your own. Their rates are really reasonable, and the service is fully integrated into InspirePay. It will take you a total of maybe 5 minutes to be up and running.

2) Your existing merchant account via Sage Gateway, Authorize.net Gateway, or Inspire Commerce. If you have a merchant account and you’ve been accepting credit cards online (not at a physical store with a swiper), chances are you’re already connected to one of these gateways. If not, visit Inspire Commerce for more information on merchant accounts.

General FAQs

Ready to request a payment? You can do this in a few different ways using our social media features.

1) Login to your InspirePay Account

2) At the top of your InspirePay page, click on Request a Payment:

3) Several social media options pop up – Facebook, Twitter, and Email:

4) Choose your desired method to request the payment. If you choose Facebook, or Twitter, you will be asked to login to your account to send the unique URL. If you choose email, a pop-up box will display in the middle of your page which looks like this:

Simply type in the email address of the person whom you would like to send the request, as well as your email address, and a note if you’d like.

Another box will display asking you to verify that you’re human. Type in the information and your email is sent!

Each payment method you choose to offer on your InspirePay page charge different rates and fees to use their service. Here is a list of the current payment options we offer through InspirePay – please click on link to learn more and select the right option(s) for you:StripePayPalDwolla

Merchant Account
Do you currently accept credit cards for your business through a traditional merchant account? Perfect. That will take you a little longer to set up, but you’ll be getting the benefits you already enjoy, like lower transaction fees and personalized customer service.

Just change the bold link above to reflect the URL for your payment page. Add the dollar amount to the end and you’re done.

Making a Payment Button Link

Buttons are super easy. Technically, the part of the link that reads, “Pay Me $50″ is known as the “anchor text.” To turn the link into a button, all you need to do is swop out the anchor text with an image. Assuming we are still specifying an amount, here is an example link for $20.00.

To make it work for your own page, all you need to do is change the URL above (in bold) to whatever your account URL is. (ie, if you put the entire link into a browser you should see your own payment page and if you are on your own payment page, just copy it and replace the bold text above).

This feature, consisting of a widget and shortcode, adds the option to display an InspirePay-powered donation form to your website in a page or in the sidebar via a widget (check out ours in our footer below!).

All transactions are handled on the InspirePay website – this feature just adds a form to enable the process directly from your website.